Hélicoptère d'infiltration radioguidé Air Hogs

Bought these for my god sons for Christmas. They loved it! Strong flight, can be used both indoor and outdoor on a non windy day. Love that you can either drive the truck or the helicopter. The copter must be inside the vehicle in order for it to work, as the vehicle gets power from the copter. Requires 4 AA batteries and has a hidden rechargeable cord on the controller to connect to the copter. The helicopter is pretty durable and endured 8.5 ft drops on hardwood and carpet. Did not test drops outside. Overall great value since I got it on sale and not on regular price.

This toy does everything as advertized. Starting out in truck mode, the rear wheel skid steer on the truck doesn't work great depending on the surface and there is no reverse so truck mode is a bit clunky. It seems that they purposefully made the wheels slippery to protect the gears in the helicopter which powers the truck. That being said it is possible to putter around in truck mode until you are ready to launch. The switch to helicopter mode is super cool, there is a button on the remote that runs the motors backwards to open the hatch with a unique whirring flourish. The engineering is impressive and I look forward to showing my son how the power take off (PTO) shafts on the helicopter power the truck, and how reversing them opens the hatch, hence no reverse drive in truck mode. Once the helicopter is deployed it is relatively easy to fly. There is no forward or reverse control in flying mode, only throttle up to go higher and down to land. Flight is extremely stable. The steering is very precise and easy to use and you can get it to fly around a room for the simple fact that it creeps forward very slowly when hovering and is easy to steer. This is an excellent introduction to helicopters for a first timer, and was refreshingly easy and fun to fly for someone who has flown helicopters and quadcopters with more channels. The simplicity of flight actually made this one more fun than more complex flying machines. Looking forward to handing it over for the kids to fly, they are aged 10 and 8. It doesn't come with spare parts but the rotors are one solid piece and so short and stubby that hopefully they will last.